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Jackson GrimmAsheville, North Carolina

Jackson Grimm is a singer-songwriter currently based out of Asheville, NC. His musical arrangement invokes the traditional sound of the Southern Appalachian region, while his songs and lyrics pay homage to the new scene of folk music.

When love comes,
Bar the door
She'll take all you have
And ask you for more
And by the light of the moon
From the opposite shore
She'll leave you ragged and torn

Track Name: Over the Branches

The sun dances on across the moonless sky
Chasing the darkness again
You cover your tracks on the river of time
But I'll be around the next bend

Around the next bend
I'll see your face once again
Around the next bend
I'll see your face once again

As autumn turns to winter, winter to spring
He follows her fading glow
I climbed up your tree and made myself king
Over the branches below

Below, below
Over the branches below
Below, below
Over the branches below

And I fell down from my lofty throne
And I broke my crown and I broke my bones
And the grass grew tall around your base
With poison ivy and Queen Anne's lace

The sun dances on across the moonless sky
Chasing the darkness again
But he'll never catch her and neither will I
But I'll be around the next bend

Around the next bend
I'll see your face once again
Around the next bend
I'll see your face once again

Track Name: Us Below

I guess I’ve got nowhere to go
Cause my debt’s been paid and my cars been towed
Looks like it’s about to snow
Down from the heavens on us below

And these lies I tell I’ve told before
Stumbling through an open door
Broken hands can’t ask for more
Make love to me on the kitchen floor

One of whiskey and one of gin
Maybe I should go to work again
For these callouses are wearin’ thin
So open the door and let the sinners in

The memories they fade to gray
And to black and then they fade away
And when she asked me if I’d stay
I faded to black and then I faded away

But mercy walks on a crooked line
Forgiving those who been left behind
She steps in close with luck and fate
She washes your hands and she cleans your plate

I guess I’ve got nowhere to go
Cause my debt’s been paid and my cars been towed
Looks like it’s about to snow
Down from the heavens on us below

Track Name: Mrs. Tommy Lee

Well I was ridin' with my shotgun, the barrel on my knee
Wishin' it was you, wishin' I were me
Like neighboring' freight cars we'd travel round and round
A few feet between us our wheels on the ground
Rollin', rollin' round and round

Well I was ridin' with my shotgun, the barrel on my chest
Iff'n I was home would you hold me to your breast
Only for a moment, a moment two or three
I wouldn't tell a no-one, not even Tommy Lee
Tommy he's got money, but his money ain't no good
He couldn't ever treat you right, like I surely would
I'd give you everything I had, all that I possess
Iff'n you'd pick me over Tommy and the rest

Well Tommy beat me to it, he asked for your hand
He offered you a ring and more money than I had
You took him on his offer, you wedded him that night
And I went up to Tommy and offered him a fight
I shot him in the shoulder, he shot me in the chest
As I lay dying you held me to your breast
Only for a moment, a moment two or three
The last face I saw was Mrs. Tommy Lee

Well I was ridin' with my shotgun, the barrel on my knee
Wishin' it was you, wishin' I were me
Like neighboring' freight cars we'd travel round and round
A few feet between us our wheels on the ground
Rollin', rollin' round and round

Track Name: Marley Anne

I might not be the tallest man,
But I sure would like to take your hand
Marley Anne

And underneath those Christmas lights,
I never thought I’d last the night
Marley Anne

Through soft rush and umbrella sedge,
I’ll sit with you at the water’s edge
Marley Anne

The prettiest flowers in your hair,
I’d kiss you but I don’t dare
Marley Anne

Your hair was red amidst the black,
When you left scratches on my back
Marley Anne

And three little birds sat on my shoulder,
Never thought I’d be the one to hold ya
Marley Anne

Roll to the sea
Roll till you feel free
But don’t roll away from me
Away from me

I might not be the tallest man,
But I sure would like to take your hand
Marley Anne

Shelter me from the storm,
I promise I will keep you warm
Marley Anne

Roll to the sea
Roll till you feel free
But don’t roll away from me
Away from me

Roll to the sea
Roll till you feel free
But don’t roll away from me
Away from me

Track Name: Jenny

Coming around, the wind brought me down
Billowing up through the trees
And hiding amid the cornfield we did
Fly like a bird far away

The old pick-up truck, the dirt and the dust
I broke my old legs on this road
And the flowers I took are pressed in a book
I've never known a girl save you

Never known a girl save you

Jenny I remember the night in my room
Knockin' on my windowpane
You taught me to love and you taught me to fool
But Jenny are you coming back soon

Coming around, the wind brought me down
Billowing up through the trees
And the place where we lay had faded away
But Jenny are you coming back soon

Jenny are you coming back soon

Jenny I remember the night in my room
Knockin' on my windowpane
You taught me to love and you taught me to fool
But Jenny are you coming back soon

Jenny I remember the night in my room
Knockin' on my windowpane
You taught me to love and you taught me to fool
But Jenny are you coming back soon